Apparatus for splicing ropes and cables.



lH. H, WILSON & H. zH. Ross.

APPARATUS PoR SPLIGING RoPPs AND CABLES, APPLIoATIoN ruim snPT. 21, 191i.

1,035,388, r PatentedAug.13,1912.

ATTRNEYS ivill be hereinafter set forth.

UNITED sTArEs PATENT oEEioE.

VHARRY H. WILSON AND HOWARD H. Ross, or NASEL,l WASHINGTON'.

APPARATUS FOR srLrorNo RorEs AND cAB'LEs,

Specification of Letters Patent. Patlli'e'd All-ghr13', 1912.

Application filed September 21. 1911. Serial No. 650,549.

also to vprovide means ivhereb-y su ,cientv pull mayi be exerted on the s )liced strands to draw them into position in the splice.

- practical embodiment1 of the invention is represented inthe accompanying drawings formingr a part of this specification, in

which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views..

Figure l shows aperspective viewlof the apparatus illustrating its operation. f Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail of the vise for' holding and compressing the rope While being spliced, showing a portion of the vise and the base or support in act-ion; and Fig. 3 is vertical section taken on the line 3 3 in Fig. 2.

The base or support A is preferably made of some suitable hard Wood of suiiicient length andfwidth to support the operating parts in convenientjuxtaposition to each other, and of suiiicientthickness to Sustain the strains incident to splicing heavy ropes and cables. Upon the upper surface of the base or support A and at a point approximatingy thefcentral portion thereof and near one edge, is a vise for holding the rope or cable during the splicing operation and coinpressing'the splice. This vise comprises a base or anvil member B. which is made of some suitable 1netal,'preferably steel, and has the lgeneral shape of a horseshoe, the legs bbeing of .sufficient length to receive and permit the 'operation between them of the. clamping lever G. The base part B is provided with shoulders .79 upon the upper surfaces ot the legir portions against which the rope to be spliced vvill be'clamped. as yThe anvil member B is fixed to the base or support A over a slot .fz in said support. and it is held in fixed position by means of a bolt a. The clam ping member C of the vise consists of a 4near the handle eG.

head c having'a:hookfshaped gripping claw` C and a doivnivardlv-extending nose c2, and' is of a ,thickness corresponding substantiallv tothe Width ofl the space betfiveen the legis Z), of the anvil member B. The nose portion fr: isprovided With perforations c3 to receive a pivotal pine4 by means'of `which the clamping member of the vise is held in position and may also lie/adjusted to accommodate ropes and'cables of varying diameters. Extending! rearwardly frdm the head c 1s a long .leverff'r provided with a handle n, b'v means of Which theclamping member of the vise may be operated to claiup and release they rope or cable.

It is, vof course, essential that the rope or cable be held Withoutrequiring` vthe use of the hands of the operator for sthat purpose 1n order that he may have bothhands tree to make the splice, and in order to hold the lever c5 ivith the clamping claw in contact with the rope or cable there is provided a curved lratchet' bar E. Which is pivotallv mounted ate soas to freely swingy as the lever'is raised or lowered and which bar passes up through aslot e" lin the lever c5' `passed and about which it will be draxv'n bv the gripper to place upon the strands of the rope sufficient strain to cause them 'to be draivn 1nto .proper position. The gripper G comprises a hook-shaped clau' g. and a pivot- Aed clamping jar.' g which is pivoted Within the slot or space of the claiv 'q by a pin (/2. i The lower end (/3 of this grippingT member is arranged to forciblyy engage the rope or cable .when the upper end is 4drawn "lack- Ward. To draw` backward the upper end of the lever g it is provided with f pivoted pull rod ,r/t which passes through a bearing [/5 in the upturned end (/G (see Figs. l and Li of the drawings).

The gripper G is arranged to be connected to a lever -H which is pivoted at z upon a stand h2 attached to the upper surface .of the base or support A. and at its upper end the :im

This ratchet bar E has ratchet teeth e2 arranged to be engaged bv a drawings,

/r carried taehed to the pull rod g* o opposite ldirect-ion,-

eables, Comprisinga base or lever His provided with a gri-p or handle h3. Preferably the gripper G is detaehably connected to the lever H by'means of a hook by a short len 'th -of chain atthe. gripper, the said hook being arranged to engage a, bail L5 carried b the lever H. Preferably, therewill be t-Wo ofy the levers H mounted upon the up-v per surface of the baseer support;A one at each end, 'as shown clearly in Fig. 1 'of the' and this in order that the strandpositioning pull may be imparted in the di-,l rection asshown inthe drawing 'or in. th-

it being vonly necesszuyv to disconnectthe g 'ipper'G from one lever H and connect it to another to. secure this result. Of 'coursey'in the event off the'. use

-of the lever H at the right of Fig.' l, the rope or cable will pass under the hooked arm' f adjacent to said lever.

In use, therope or cable R to be spliced is passed Within the vise sot-hat the endA to be spliced will project therefrom, vas'shown in" 1 `ig.'1 of the' drawings', and from thence vit f of the passes about one of the hookedl arms chock F in position for the convenient 'engagement of the gripper (l with the strands of the splice. v

Having thus described our invention, we claim as newl and desire-to secure by Letters Patentzf 1'. An apparatus -for 'splicing -vro'pes'iand support, a chock at or near one edgethereof, a -clampingvise at ornear'th'e opposite edge, a gripper kfor 2. A11 apparatus for splicing rpesjend' cables, comprising-a base or support@ hek et or near one ege thereof, a clamping vise base orv support, d 'means 'for connecting the gripper tolthe lever. v B .An apparatus'for splicing cables, comprising a4 therein, -a -ropeclanr ing vise .att'hed t said base 'over the ,s ot' and -comprising a -xedb pivoted to said vbase ropes and plate, a. clawl on, said device for said lever.

4. An apparatus forsplicing ropes and cables, comprlsing a base 'or-supporti, aslot therein, a` rope-clampingvis'e attached to said base -over 'the rslot 'and comprising, a fixed base plate'having'afshoulder7 avv lever 'pivoted to said plate,a clawon said lever rer engaging the rope, a 'pivoted ratchetV passing Athrough said lever,

and apawl on said lever for engaging said ratchet.v

a'se-pla'te''havingfa shoulder, a lever 50 lever vvfor engaging the r0pe,"1"nd a holding *Y lntestimony Whereof'vve have' signed our names to thisv specification .in of two subscribing Witnessesf vHARRY WI'LSON HOWARDH. Witnessess' A'. B, Lrnisoiv'-,l A CHARLIE Allle.

the" presence' to. ator near jthe 'opposite edge, trgripper for engaging thefstrands, a lever pivoted kto the' 

